The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-25
zns eAns couxrY or nxerArp.
A Nerfsih csvert-Msw ere fhess.nts are
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thatched and roee-embowered villages, pictur-
esque schools. Uncovered Norman churches.
giving the whole land the somblance Of vast,
well-kept pleasaunce lurking underline shadow
Of some stately cathedral. you ind yourself
suddenly deposited at solitary station sur
rounded By pine trees. Leaving It behind, you
SEQ stretching before you IN extensive, wild
looking. barren plain Of mooriand. frinRed at
lie remotest extremities BY dusky line Of
woods. and intersected BY straight, white fint-
covered roads. As far as the eye can reach no
vestige OF habitation, no trace OF human life,
or even at the first glance, OF any life ut nl till
You become aware OF continuous agitation
through the stuntod heather and scanty
patches OF short bracken, OF hurrying lit
tie feet darting into holos. Of tho lightning
flash Of white specks Of fur. and suddenly
understand that You are passing over war
ron several miles In extent, peopled by thou
sands Of thriving and by no means bashful rab-
bits. Their hordes accompany you as far as
the fringe Of the woods, which, as you enter
them. are not the dense forest you imagined
from afar. Here you part company with the
Dummies" which seem modestiy TO withdraw
before moro aristooratic game. Under tho
brushwood amid the bracken, on the patches
Of turf near tho roadside. In the cQppices.
ne eo 81 ths s
their otiim cum di0nitaie, tame. as any barn
consider TIC long range Of covert and preserve
fed tended
scious Of the battue which in q few weeks will
sacrifice them in an immense crowd and turn
M Is essenay i've the esme county o,
England and 6y h natural sequence 8he e, q
efing deeper layers Of flint, is unified for sue.
%sss .d aso or sns e
snsemSneratiye farms ,cE which 4 T. s bard ts
the ms sna have
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against infringement or rivalry: and literally
f
Ths vssa
Wales ios a.Js 81 and bss
his readiness to become . member OF house
s ca III d nsas Fl s as o8
walton Of partridees and pheasants. Especially
and rabbits ss yermin. which Il Is laTtul fqr an
farmers and tenants TO SHOOT They have
vs 9Th n ss Of % 80
three years ago two hundred hares we're shot
AK hsId anS cssa In
iese and would not be tolerated by public
opinion. 6espite the sanction Of the law. AZ It
Rnsu & s % that t6sl obeasosy
S be the via cs e
The Whole machinery and administration Of
The birth and edaeation Of the baby pheasant
occupies nearly tho whole population: Keepers
shsr sad ,esa bsd
farmers rsa5 hens to hatch the eggs and be 3;
Sor V 81 ton months tends to tie great cuInina-
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ss ~ & Il $sest
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yoo eSp soa.
pas
say iaS:StsS sss xiSssE yhsa shss
directly connected with the sport. Not satisfied
With the oyerdowing game on their own estates,
boa for 81 septemSer and ostober IN Scotland
whore they have to exercise little more ac.
q Wider Sa auarrv than IN their tame and over.
Dss b.es nSs 81
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s Bad SSots inss that n:
t s The Services q, Twelve Keepers; besides
jurs Il ~ youas Birds OF disturb tie setting
s.sa s sess
By Wire fencing about ton feet high and divided
fescss %heh she at
lot ing FL the desbsa nat
eS Ssn. IN rse Rre w SRS
sG9SE SySs .SS sss%
able shelter for their nests. Several birds will
lay. In the same nest. and the eggs are daily
ysaey nc es q
estate half Of which are sold to other English
sus1a flying the
ton 1 psriesmed By diving the Into
s SSSs1b and Closed At eiher end By long nets
aFrsneed e drop By pulling rope WI, When the
e s siip under the net. and. while some Of them
catch the pheasants, the others clip one wing
Sd.sI sbs shs 5. With are al
counted and carefully sxamined. 70 Insure
siIing ones are instantly removed and taken
to an tnarmary. where they receive the Ut
most attention.
THE eggs obtained in the enclosure. and not
or matches with q close wire grating on one
side and lid. and trusted to an ordinary hon;
These barnyard foster mothers are purchased
By The farmer fSs that every Sssr
matches containing . nest are placed on the
turf In an open and Projected space Ground around
eharge Sand hsaps are placed ct convenient len.
moments Of grateful relaxation , from their
pulons observance Of diet. They are. however,.
not always permitted to hatch the
taeen rom them , Day :. .oo, or tEo
completed, only one, being left in each nest.
When the little iiedglings have seen daylight,
they are returned to their foster mothers and
provided with larger matches and wider graf.
strength In liberty. The 800 families are dis
tributed over the property at certain distances.
contasion. and spreading OF disease, As